[Harry Potter] Moss

Moss, the humblest of higher plants, a pioneer that colonizes barren lands.

Before Zoe received that letter from the Hogwarts owl, for all those long years, her only family had been Jacqueline, her mother. To everyone else, she was a bastard.

Jacqueline wasn't a good mother. Her life had already been a mess before Zoe was born, and after she had a child, all she could give her was love.

They kept each other company in dark corners, growing on their own. But then, one day, Jacqueline left.

She took Zoe back to her father's birthplace, and then, like a patch of moss overrun by weeds, Jacqueline quickly withered away.

Zoe kept a ledger in her heart, filled with the names of everyone who called her a bastard. Every year, her birthday wish was to find her father and have him break those people's noses.

Later, Zoe found her father. She didn't ask him to break their noses, because she no longer needed a father.

She had already put down roots in this land, tenacious and thick as moss.

There was only one name in her ledger now.

She would break new ground in this person's heart.

Theme: Protect Snivellus and keep him away from the darkness of the Black family